Randomized Clinical Trial on Ivermectin versus Thiabendazole for the Treatment of Strongyloidiasis
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Randomized Clinical Trial on Ivermectin versus Thiabendazole for the Treatment of Strongyloidiasis
BACKGROUND Strongyloidiasis may cause a life-threatening disease in immunosuppressed patients. This can only be prevented by effective cure of chronic infections. Direct parasitologic exams are not sensitive enough to prove cure if negative. We used an indirect immune fluorescent antibody test (IFAT) along with direct methods for patient inclusion and efficacy assessment. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPA...
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عنوان ژورنال: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1935-2735
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001254